US 11,991,109 B2
Positioning system to leverage map data collected by user equipment
Chang-Sik Choi, Seoul (KR); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,993.
Application 18/064,993 is a continuation of application No. 17/187,556, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,558,160.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115517 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/10 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A responder device comprising:
a memory;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, configured to:
receive, by the responder device, an initiator positioning reference signal from an initiator device;
receive, by the responder device, one or more responder positioning reference signals from one or more additional responder devices;
transmit, by the responder device, a positioning reference signal;
transmit, by the responder device, a measurement message comprising a first set of measurements determined based on:
the initiator positioning reference signal;
the one or more responder positioning reference signals;
the transmitted positioning reference signal; or
any combination thereof;
receive, by the responder device, an initiator measurement message from the initiator device; and
receive, by the responder device, one or more responder measurement messages from the one or more additional responder devices, wherein the initiator device, the responder device and the one or more additional responder devices are not network infrastructure equipment.